document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=29256>Question 29256</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A freight train leaves Kansas and travels due west.  A passenger train departs at exactly the same time on a parallel track and travels due east at a speed that is twice the speed of the freight train.  After 7 hours the trains are 945 miles apart.  How fast is each train traveling? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #16082 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Paul><B>Paul(988)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-11.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Paul><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=16082\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Passegner's train speed = 2x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Fireight train's speed =x \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7(x+2x)=945<BR>\n" );
document.write( "21x=945<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=45\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2(45)=90\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hence, the speed of the freight train is 45mph and the speed of the passenger train is 90mph.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Paul. </SPAN>\n" );
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